SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1988
FARM VISITS ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION LINK
VISITING PIG AND POULTRY FARMS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES DAY CAN BE RIGOROUS WORK.
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HOWEVER, SEVERAL PEOPLE FIND THE DAILY ROUTINE REWARDING THEIR EFFORTS HAVE PROVED
AS SUCCESSFUL IN ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND LIVESTOCK BREEDERS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEME.
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EACH MORNING, STAFF FROM THE LIAISON SECTION OF THE SPECIAL DUTIES DIVISION, CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, WILL OUT FOR PIG AND POULTRY FARMS IN AREAS SUCH AS TOLO HARBOUR/CHANNEL, ANGLER'S BEACH NEAR SHAM TSENG AND MUI WO ON LANTAU.
THEIR MISSION IS то EXPLAIN ΤΟ FARM OPERATORS DETAILS OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME, WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED JUNE 24 THIS YEAR.
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MR PONG SIU-CHOI, SENIOR LIAISON OFFICER OF THE SECTION, SAID THAT WHILE MOST OF THESE FARMS WERE EASILY ACCESSIBLE, SOME WERE LOCATED IN REMOTE AREAS.
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SOMETIMES, WE HAVE TO DRIVE A LONG WAY AND THEN WALK FOR OVER HALF AN HOUR TO REACH A FARM. WITH LUCK, WE COULD BE ABLE TO MEET THE FARM OPERATORS THE FIRST TIME, OTHERWISE, WE WOULD HAVE SECOND TRIP.
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"IT IS NOT UNCOMMON THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SEVERAL TRIPS BEFORE WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE FARM OPERATORS, MR FONG ADDED.
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DOGS MAY POSE A PROBLEM FOR MEMBERS OF THE LIAISON MR FONG SAID HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF CONFRONTED BY BARKING DOGS FOR SOME TIME BEFORE BEING ABLE TO THEIR MASTERS.
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BEING
ALERT
THERE ARE OTHER
POTENTIAL HAZARDS, SUCH AS FALLEN OR PROTRUDING TREE BRANCHES, AND RUGGED HILL PATHIS REQUIRE CARE.
PATIENCE IS A MUST FOR MEMBERS OF THE LIAISON TEAM. ACCORDING TO MR FONG, SOME FARM OPERATORS DID NOT SPEAK CANTONESE AND WERE ADVANCED IN YEARS. THEY HAD DIFFICULTY IN EXPRESSING THEMSELVES.
IN SUCH A CASE, MEMBERS OF THE LIAISON TEAM WOULD SPEND CONSIDERABLE TIME IN HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE.
MR FONG NOTED THAT THE VISIT PROGRAMME WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THE PARM OPERATORS WERE CO-OPERATIVE, THROUGH PERSON ΤΟ PERSON CONTACT, FARMERS WERE WELL BRIEFED ON THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME, THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND MOST OF THEIR WORRIES ALLAYED.
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